The Two Sides of Innovation Creation and Destruction in the Evolution of Capitalist Economies /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Buenstorf, Guido (Editor), Cantner, Uwe (Editor), Hanusch, Horst (Editor), Hutter, Michael (Editor), Lorenz, Hans-Walter (Editor), Rahmeyer, Fritz (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Economic Complexity and Evolution
• Subjects: Management.; Industrial management.; Evolutionary economics.; Industrial organization.; Economic policy.; Economic growth.; Regional economics.; Spatial economics.; Economics.; Economic Growth.; Institutional/Evolutionary Economics.; R & D/Technology Policy.; Innovation/Technology Management.; Industrial Organization.; Regional/Spatial Science.

This volume is devoted to innovation with a special focus on its two sides, namely creation and destruction, and on its role in the evolution of capitalist economies. The first part of the book looks at innovation and its effects on economic performance, addressing issues of motives, behavioral rule...